Summary
Date Posted: Friday, January 17, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on 19 March 2000 at the Vatican State as a foundation. JRS is also concerned with advocacy and human rights work. This involves ensuring that refugees are afforded their full rights while in exile and during repatriation as guaranteed by the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and working to strengthen the protection afforded to internally displaced persons (IDPs). .

  Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work closely with the JRS Safe Haven Matron and the Supervisor on managing the daily operation of the Safe Haven and ensure that clients’ needs are met
• Ensure safety of clients and to immediately report safety violations to security forces and Safe Haven Coordinator
• Offer caring presence to the women and children who reside in Safe shelters
• Attend to individual needs of each client and organize group activities
• Ensure proper supervision and monitoring of the Safe Haven during night hours and day hours depending on duty
• keep records and ensure confidentiality of all work carried out in the program including ensuring that admission and discharge forms are collected and filed before a client is admitted or released by referring agencies, maintaining client files and writing daily handover reports
• Liaise with referring agencies, following up of the client’s cases, recording and reporting visits of referring agencies to beneficiaries and attend SGBV and other inter-agency meetings as required
• Attend weekly Supervisors’ meetings for reporting and communication when requested
• Assist in preparing and submitting weekly, monthly, mid-year and annual reports and other reports related to Safe Haven as required
• Ensuring cleanliness of the residence and allocating duties to the beneficiaries with specific emphasis on hygiene among the safe haven resident.
• Keep clients records and ensure confidentiality of all work carried out including writing regular case updates for each client and recording daily handover reports

  Personal Qualities:
• Patience, perseverance and ability to work in stressful environment
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Ability to mentor young people
• Be able to endure basic living and working conditions for a duration of time
• Be able to take initiatives and work without supervision
• Be open minded, have self-respect , respect the beneficiaries and the community with whom JRS works
• Adhere to the internal rules especially time for work, JRS Staff Code of Conduct and security rules.

  Qualifications:
• Diploma/certificate qualification in a related field e.g. nursing, aid, social work, art/play therapy community development, child protection or related field and at least two years practical working experience preferably in a hospital, safe houses, or school
• Experience as a nurse-aid will be an added advantage
• Proven experience in managing people/teams.
• Experience in working in the field of SGBV, women empowerment and child protection
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to working with marginalized and vulnerable communities and ability to work in an environment of relief emergency operation
• Strong and practical skills in peace building and conflict resolution
• Good knowledge of MS word/Office.
• Excellent oral and written Kiswahili and English. Knowledge of another language in the camp such as French will be an added advantage
• Ability to build effective partnership and collaborate with other team members.
• Ability to work sensitively with vulnerable and refugee population of different ethnic background

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
  To apply, please submit your cover letter with contact details of 3 referees and CV to JRS Country director Kenya, via email ken01.director@jrs.net  and Copying Ken04.director@jrs.net  quoting the job e.g. “Assistant Safe Haven Coordinator” as the subject matter by 5pm on Monday, January 20th 2020. Shortlisting will be done on rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
JRS does not engage in or solicit payments towards recruitment and part of recruitment process.

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